On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 11:53:54PM +0000, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 05:12:33PM +0000, Joel Dahl wrote: > >>joel 2007-02-16 17:12:32 UTC > >> > >> FreeBSD doc repository > >> > >> Modified files: > >> en/projects/ideas index.sgml > >> Log: > >> Spring cleaning in preparation for Google SoC 2007. Remove the > >> following > >> projects (based on discussions with netchild and rwatson): > > > >> - FPU subsystem overhaul: Not suitable as a Google SoC project. > >> - Process Checkpointing: Not suitable as a Google SoC project. > > > >Is this a "Google SoC projects list" or a "FreeBSD projects list"? IMO > >just because something is not an appropriate SoC project doesn't mean it's > >not suitable for someone more advanced to take on. > > The FPU subsystem overhaul port has already been done by Attilio and is > available as patches, I believe, and basically requires evaluation at this > point. That evaluation might be an appropriate project for someone to work > on (although not for SoC). > > I don't mind seeing process checkpointing on an overall project idea list, > but I think we should replace the text there with something substantially > more informative. There's a significant research literature on how you do > these sorts of things and I'm not sure we want to ask people to hack it up > without figuring out what it is we actually want out of such a project. > Otherwise, patches for something we don't want will turn up and leave > disappointment all around. In particular, there are countless reasons why > simply implementing "checkpointing" of processes in isolation is relatively > meaningless, and if required, probably best done with involvement of the > application rather than transparently in the OS. In a > clustered/distributed system, checkpointing provided by the OS is a far > more meaningful concept. If we're serious about wanting checkpointing, > let's have a session at the developer summit at BSDCan on what it is we > want and why, have a couple of people read into the research literature > here, and re-add a checkpointing project once we have something a bit more > directed to put up.
OK, these two I didn't snip were just examples though; more generally I think my point holds :) Kris _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
